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Old 06-16-2006, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by HSSS427
.... 1. You have a 1/2 line, that's very good, but what size are the inlets and outlets on your pump? The answer of course is 3/8" so your pump will only flow at the rate allowed by the smallest orifice in the system, remember electric pumps are gravity fed so although the outlet side will flow more volume due to the pressure the inlet which is gravity fed is the limiting factor....
Ummm, not correct. Pressure drop is determined by the sum of all the restrictions. A single 3/8 orifice may be equivalent to 3 feet of 1/2" tube but it is not the limiting factor to flow.

I also suspect that their fuel consumption estimate is not very accurate.
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